James Taylor - Gramática De La Lengua Inglesa: A Complete English Grammar Workbook for Spanish Speakers

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GRAMTICA DE LA LENGUA INGLESA ofrece una introduccin moderna, sencilla y prctica, a lo ms esencial de la gramtica inglesa. Est diseada especficamente para los hispanoparlantes y trata los puntos que causan especial dificultad haciendo contrastes explcitos con el espaol. GRAMTICA DE LA LENGUA INGLESA es un libro de referencia, una herramienta que se presta al manejo individual.

Contiene ms de 200 ejercicios para aclarar los puntos clave e incluye las respuestas en una seccin aparte. Puede ser tambin de particular inters el segundo Apndice, el cual explica y ejemplifica ampliamente la relacin entre las estructuras gramaticales y las funciones comunicativas. Agradecemos a las muchas personas que con sus comentarios y sugerencias han mejorado este libro, y en especial al Profesor Manuel Luna Figueroa.

1 SECCIN UNO
ELEMENTOS DE LA ORACIN2 SECCIN DOS
LOS ARTCULOS Y DETERMINANTES3 SECCIN TRES
LOS SUSTANTIVOS Y LOS PRONOMBRES4 SECCIN CUATRO
LOS ADJETIVOS Y LOS ADVERBIOS5 SECCIN CINCO
LAS PREPOSICIONES Y LAS CONJUNCIONES6 SECCIN SEIS
LOS VERBOS: TIEMPOS Y MODOSThe plane arrived. En esta oracin hay dos elementos principales: el verbo (arrived), indicando la accin, y el sujeto (the plane), que realiza la accin. En espaol existe una oracin similar: El avin lleg.

Tambin existe en espaol otra oracin: Lleg el avin. Tal inversin no es posible en ingls. En ingls el orden de las distintas partes de la oracin es mucho ms rgido que en espaol. En oraciones afirmativas en ingls el sujeto aparece antes del verbo. John piloted the plane. Esta oracin contiene tres elementos principales: el sujeto(quinpilote?-John), el verbo(qu hizo?-pilote) yel objeto(qu pilote?the plane).

En este caso, la oracin sera parecida en espaol. Pero si cambiamos el sustantivo plane por un pronombre, tenemos en ingls: John piloted it. Ahora en espaol cambiamos el orden: John lo pilote. En ingls sin embargo, el orden queda igual. En ingls el orden caracterstico para oraciones con un objeto es: John bought Mary a ring. Exercise 1: En las siguientes oraciones, identifique los elementos numerados como: sujeto (S) verbo (V) objeto (O) objeto indirecto (OI) (Las respuestas a todos los ejercicios en el libro se encuentran en las pginas 135 a 142.) Exercise 2: Ordene las palabras para formar oraciones. stopped/car/the/./. _______________________________________________ cars/likes/John/./ ________________________________________________ him/Mary/ring/gave/a/./. __________________________________________ sent/Mary/he/letter/a/./. ___________________________________________ men/ate/the/./ __________________________________________________ enjoy/children/parties/./. _________________________________________

Los verbos intransitivos son los que no necesitan ms elementos y que no pueden tener un objeto. Ejemplos:The man arrived.